Candal v. Vargas
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Appeal from the District Court of Hnmacao in an Action Contesting an Election. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Aldeey
A motion by the appellees for dismissal of the appeal is pending in this case and we must rule on it before considering the merits of the appeal, for if the motion should be sustained the matter would be terminated in this court and no consideration could be given to the appeal on its merits.
The action is one to contest the election of the three defendant-appellants as municipal assemblymen of Fajardo at the general election held in this Island on November 2, 1920, and the contest is based by the plaintiffs on the contentions that the defendants were not eligible on October 11, 1920, to…
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